Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Sergey Organov <sorganov@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
[...]
>>> If I have to pick a candidate for "get me diff" that is the most
>>> useful among those currently are available, it is "give patches to
>>> all single-parent commit, and show tricky conflict resolution part
>>> only for merge commits".
>>
>> I'm afraid you need to pick a candidate that will be natural for '-d',
>> not just most useful output for your workflows, whatever it happens to
>> be.
>
> Literal match to word "diff" does not necessarily mean it is useful,
Sure, who argues? I don't.
> and short-and-sweet single-letter option name is primarily about
> letting users reach useful features with minimum typing [*1*], so you
> cannot avoid "most useful" being a large part of the equation.
I don't try to avoid "most useful" either, quite opposite. With whom do
you argue?
I just pointed that a short-cut would better be natural (or mnemonic)
/as well/, so you probably don't actually want:
-d:
give patches to all single-parent commits, and show tricky conflict
resolution part only for merge commits.
, or do you?
Overall, as an example, I'd understand if you had deflected the patch
with "let's rather use -d for '--decorate=short', or '--date=relative'",
or something like that, but you don't, leaving me uncertain about your
actual worries and intentions.
Anyway, I re-submitted the patches avoiding precious, too hard to
deserve single-letter option.
Thanks,
-- Sergey Organov
